The harsh message of a Qatari journalist to the German team after the exclusion from the World Cup

Mohamed Al-Kaabi is a journalist from Qatar who works for different media outlets, some from the Middle East and some from the West, and fired the German team with mockery and rebuke for criticizing anti-homosexuality policies of the host country of the world championship.

The sporting failure was the trigger for the contributor to Spain’s El Chiringuito program and the Arabic edition of Goal.com to vent his anger with the support of fellow Muslims.

In the debut of the Germans, after FIFA banned them from wearing bracelets in favor of the LGBT+ community, the eleven German owners posed in front of photographers covering their mouths, denouncing the censorship against the accusations, for example, of decriminalization of homosexuality.

The bell “One Love” It did not take place in the tournament due to pressure from the Qatari government and a wink from Gianni Infantino’s management.

Qatar 2022 is, like few others, the World Cup of protests. A number of show business personalities refused to attend the opening party for reasons of this nature.

The Iranian players, in their first game, have decided not to sing the anthem of protest for women’s rights and the murder of a protester in their country.

Maluma had already been questioned in Doha for attending the sporting event. FIFA has never allowed political messages in its shows, unless they favor their own discourse or interests.

And Al-Kaabi has not forgotten that tension amid the German disappointment. “Don’t forget your flags,” he tweeted alongside laughing emojis and a photo of the four-times world champion with his hands in his mouth.

More than 150,000 likes and 42,000 retweets were the result of his declaration of principles on social networks. More than 5,000 answers, for and against, have given impetus to the debate in the context of a competition marked by work, human rights and personal freedoms.

He retweeted similar messages saying “no petrol and no World Cup”. The energy crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine has set foot in the World Cup organized by an energy power.

US-based Somali journalist Farah Ali joined the wave of responses in defense of Qatari identity and against Western criticism and responded to Al-Kaabi with a tweet.

“Good day, Germany. Now you can put your hands wherever you want,” he joked.

Al-Kaabi also posted phrases like “whipping black people” along with two flaming emojis, as well as a photo of an Afro-descendant boy carrying a large, heavy suitcase, as if he was leaving somewhere.

A photo of former Croatian president Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović with a pro-Palestinian flag was broadcast on the networks. The Qatari journalist responded with the heart.

Instead, the messages establishing Qatar 2022 as “the best World Cup in history” were retweeted by the journalist, who became relevant in Western media when Lionel Messi’s move to Paris Saint Germain, a club that belongs to him, was defined. State of Qatar.

The goal of the World Cup was to bring the two halves of the planet closer together, but the World Cup of protests seems to have given mixed results.

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